Quick Charge Podcast: April 27, 2023

  • April 27, 2023
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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee […]

Saab engineers develop secret NEVS Emily GT electric car project as IP rights go up for sale

  • April 27, 2023
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Although Saab doesn’t make cars anymore, the company’s spirit is still alive and well. After going defunct in 2011, Saab’s automotive assets were sold to National Electric Vehicle Sweden. Under financial hardship, the company is now closing product development activities – however, not before a new secret electric sports car project called NEVS Emily GT […]

Police believed Tesla fire was due to battery, turns out it was arson

  • April 27, 2023
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A Tesla Model S was found on fire parked on the street in Spokane, Washington. The police first believed that it caught on fire by itself due to its battery, but it turns out it was arson. Electric vehicles have an unwarranted reputation for catching on fire even though there’s no evidence that they catch […]

HIMSS23: How Collecting the Right Data Can Improve Health Equity

  • April 27, 2023
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Collecting social determinants of health data provides clinicians with information about nonmedical factors affecting a patient’s health. With this added context, care teams can personalize care, which can lead to better patient outcomes. SDOH initiatives can play a major role in improving health equity, but it’s important that patient data is available to all providers […]

Pure Watercraft unveils production-intent electric pontoon boat powered by GM’s EV batteries

  • April 27, 2023
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Electric propulsion specialist Pure Watercraft has officially shared the final design of its Pure Pontoon Boat – the company’s first vessel designed in house. Powered by EV batteries provided by minority stakeholder GM, this first crack at an electric pontoon boat could appeal to many consumers interested in quiet cruises without emissions. Pure Watercraft’s roots […]

Senate republicans just voted to poison you. Again.

  • April 27, 2023
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Senate republicans, joined by Joe Manchin, have voted to roll back the first update to heavy truck pollution standards in 22 years. The new soot standards are estimated to save thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars. President Joe Biden has indicated that he will veto this action, so it’s unlikely to go […]

In a first, a cargo ship strikes an offshore wind turbine

  • April 27, 2023
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A cargo ship struck an offshore wind turbine at the 330-megawatt (MW) Gode Wind 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. The 55-turbine Gode 1 offshore wind farm, which is 45 km (28 miles) off the German coast, is owned by Danish wind giant Ørsted. The general cargo ship is called the Petra L, […]

5 Questions About SecOps in Healthcare

  • April 27, 2023
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2. What Are Some Examples of SecOps Best Practices in Healthcare? SecOps helps healthcare deal with security issues presented by virtual care, legacy systems, various levels of security in workstations and more. For example, electronic health record, laboratory and imaging systems must be kept updated and patched, but prioritization is difficult. SecOps automates patch management, […]